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Subject: Re: Compiling GNU Plot in Visual C++
From: Citizen Smith <paul.sweeneyok@gmail.com>
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On Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 5:34:53 PM UTC, Hans-Bernhard Br=C3=B6ker=
 wrote:
> Am 27.11.2019 um 15:23 schrieb Citizen Smith:
>=20
> > I am learing to program in C++ and looking for a charting package to
> > compile with my projects.  I can Compile GNU Plot using the Makefile
> > but wish to include the source files in my project then compile in
> > Visual C++ with my own program calling GNU Plot from within a common
> > executable file.
>=20
> You really don't want to do that.  Particularly not while you're still
> learning the programming language.
>=20
> gnuplot is already equipped to be run from the outside, by sending it
> commands from another program.  You don't need to include it into your
> own program; you don't even have to compile gnuplot yourself, as this
> works just fine with the ready-made executables.
>=20
> The key is the concept of a "pipe", which you use to send commands from
> your own program to gnuplot.  Look up "popen" in your compiler's library
> documentation.

OK Hans-Bernhard

I appreciate what you are saying but it would be nice to get sorted for the=
 long term.  Considering how many people start out on Visual Studio, it wou=
ld help an awful lot of people out if a GNUPlot Solution file were availabl=
e.  Could this be provided in future?

I appreciate your reply - thanks a lot!

Cheers, Paul